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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY .(lONCERlT:v Y i Beit knorvnl thu'tI, CII'ARLES` H. GOULD, ofthe city, county, end Stute of New York, lleve inventedg'lmude,

and applied to use certainv new und` useful improvements in theConstruction of Billiard Cues; and I do declare the following to be n.full, clear, :indexact description of the sume, reference being; had tothe'ccompanying drzuvings, making u port of th-is specification, und tot-lielle'tters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 Visn.view of my irnproved eno.

Figure 2 is a View of the same, us sometimes mudo by me.

In the drawings, like partsoif tbe inventionare designated by Ithe sameletters of reference.

The nature of my invention consists incertain improvements in theconstruction of billiard cues, as morefully hereinafter set forth. l

,-To enable thoseskilled in the arts to make und use myinventioruiIJn-ill proceed todescribe the same.

A sllows the billiard cue, formed in the usual manner, ofnnydcsiredwood, und provided with e tip formed' of hnrd rubber, B, andsoft rubber, C. In fig. `2 of the drawings, a means usually employed byme tofnsten the tip to thecue is shown, in which the cue is providedupononeen'dpwit'h a.' screw-thread, and the tip is screwed .upon theSame. The soft rubber C portion of the tipis usually glued to the herdrubber B portion of the some.

` The object of combining the hard and soft rubber is that the hardrubber may form a. solid base to receive the concussion caused bystriking the ball with the point or soft ,rubber portion of the tip, andmaterially assists the soft rubberportion of the tip in producing theeil'eet hereinafter described. i

The advantages arising 4from the use of `the soft rubber are that therubber will not Wear smooth by constent use, and that for the purpose offdreiving a ball, it is fars'upjerior to the leather tip usuallyemployed. Again, owing to theV natural adhesive quality of the rubber,the'wear is much' less Lthan where leather is employed, thus reducing`the c ost. Cues provided `with my improved tips require no chalking,and are less liableto slip in inakingeshot than those new in use. s

Having .thus described my invention, what I `claim as new, and Vdesireto 4secureby Letters` Patent, is`

Incombinntion with." the billiard one I claim the'use or lemployment ofa. tip formed of hard or` soft rubber, substantially as'and for thepurposes herein fully described.- Y ,Y ClzlAS.V H. GOULD.

Witnesses:

A. SIDNEYDOANE, A. TURNER.

